You Didn’t See Nothin
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“The moment Yohance Lacour utters the first word, the listener is entranced. An everyman with scalpel-like insight, LaCour tells a passionate story minus the sentimentality that retrospect often brings. The backwash and “ish” is all too familiar. An innocent Black American child’s crossing a few blocks into "enemy territory", is epic. Children presumptively enter and exit Bridgeport all the time. The targeting and beating Blacks is systemic, and indisputable. There’s a mind-bending list of ways a story and its logic story is contested. Disputed facts are recalled, reconstructed and fed on the other end. Without a canned conclusion, the story is defiant, problematic and sometimes contradictory – wait the assailant and the victim’s mothers allegedly did what? Allegiances hop sides as swiftly as some individuals all too conveniently disappear.
With the skill of a surgeon, Lacour excavates stories surrounding the savage attack on Lenard Clark. In both concept and lived experience, Lacour provides the panopticon the tragedy so rightly deserves, at precisely the time we need to hear it, and in the voices needed to tell it. You Didn’t See Nothin, is more than a clever play on words. The podcast faces the attack and its aftermath compelling listeners to dig in more, and think a little deeper. Lacour and colleagues look back unabashed. It is a “missing middle” narrative, a trope in an American saga of violence and ultimate redemption. But whose?
And that’s part of its brilliance. Lacour’s voice carries the weight and gravitas of the story. It also conveys discovery and truth telling, both achingly personal and fully universal. How can you tell such a story without letting irony and humor seep through? Lacour’s aplomb is evident. Investigative reporter. Conversant. Participant. Subject-observer. However, he’s positioned, Lacour assuredly navigates a complex and detailed narrative. I binged listened.
Tsehaye G. Hébert”Read full review »
Why Knot? via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/27/23
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“Yohance is a fabulous story teller, journalist, and podcaster. I enjoyed this series so much. Hope to hear more from him.”
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“A hate crime from the 90's and the tendrils that grew from it. The undercurrents that are still around. This is fantastic storytelling with provocative insight and sick beats ,yay!”Read full review »
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“The arrangement and delivery of this story by this crew is captivating. I’ve abandoned all other podcasts. I need more from Bro. Lacour.”
arobirielan via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/22/23
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